Sekinat Osundiji Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has promised to deliver uninterrupted electricity across Nigeria within three years if elected president in the 2027 general election. Sowore said his administration would dismantle the existing national electricity grid and replace it with regional grids powered by a mix of solar, gas, hydro and biogas. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, Sowore said Nigeria would require more than 60,000 megawatts of electricity to restore the economy to a productive level, adding that he had developed a plan to achieve uninterrupted power supply within three years. “I will give you that in less than three years and I mean it. I’m serious. I have done my research and I figured out how it will work and I know what to do to change it and which is what to put where,” he said. Sowore said the country’s electricity system must be decentralised to enable diff

Vanguard News | 18-09-2026 06:50am |

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has promised to deliver uninterrupted electricity across Nigeria within three years if elected in the 2027 general election. He said his administration would dismantle the existing national electricity grid and replace it with regional grids powered by solar, gas, hydro and biogas. Sowore also proposed a ₦500,000 monthly minimum wage, funded by cutting government waste and blocking leakages. He added that his administration would use technology to improve healthcare and reduce medical tourism.

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